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Indigenous Solidarity Planning Meeting and Teach-Ins will explore some of the questions raised at the “Occupy Oakland” General Assembly on October 28 when the Memorandum of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples passed by a 97% voting majority. It will also examine subsequent discussions about a proposed name change of Occupy Oakland to Decolonize/Liberate Oakland as well as the politics of another effort to establish a teepee at OGP to honor “historic struggles of the Sioux Indians on the Plains of the U.S…. and the redwood occupations of Judi Bari and Running Wolf.”
§ What does it mean to acknowledge the United States as a colonial and imperial power? What is colonialism and imperialism?
§ What does it mean to respect and honor that Oakland is already occupied land? Who are the Chochenyo Ohlone people?
§ What does decolonization of the United States and Oakland mean? What can it mean?
What are the larger goals of Occupy Oakland and how do those goals speak to histories and realities of colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism?
§ Does the name change align with the large political and economic goals of Occupy Oakland?
§ Does the name change effectively communicate these goals to a broader base of people than the word “occupy”?
§ What actions or events would speak to a decolonial movement and communicate that to folks in and outside Occupy Oakland?
Meeting to set the agenda for Sunday’s General Assembly
Media Committee is dedicated to spreading our message throughout the world via digital content and more traditional forms of media. Meetings on Saturdays, 4pm at Oscar Grant Plaza.
A weekend of presentations and discussions on non-violent movements and diversity of tactics at Oscar Grant Plaza
Saturday December 10th
4-5pm Former Black Panther discusses the Civil Rights Movement and black liberation.
5-6pm Workshop on non-violence and diversity of tactics
6-7pm “Gandhi and the Politics of Nonviolence” a lecture by UT Austin professor Snehal Shingavi, filmed at Occupy Austin
Sunday December 11th
6:00 Strikes, Occupations, Rebellions– Historical uses of diversity of tactics within struggles in the U.S. and beyond
7:00 “Black Bloc Tactics-10 Quick Points!” filmed presentation by Harsha Walia, South Asian activist, based in Vancouver)
Bring readings of poetry you want others to hear, or share your own poetry.
Y.O.G.A. = You Occupy, Get Access!
Meeting for reps. from committees, caucuses and working groups from Occupy Oakland.
This meeting is a place for all the work groups, committees, and caucuses of Occupy Oakland to meet up, update each other on events, procedures, concerns etc. It is designed so that there is more transparency and solitary, and between the work groups. Please send two reps with an update from your work group.
Meeting at 4pm in front of city hall.
To plug your commitee into this group check out the Facebook Group Page.
Regular meeting times: Tuesdays & Thursday @ 6:30PM, Sundays @ 4:00PM.
This is a meeting for people who self-identify as people of color/ queer people of color. We meet with the goal of strengthening our participation in the Occupy movement here in Oakland and beyond, and to likewise strengthen the Occupy movement by situating it in the context of our local, living communities and the ongoing work being done by those communities.
Our meeting location sometimes changes based on the availability of spaces. Please contact us at peopleofcolor@occupyoakland.org for up-to-date information. Please also be patient (and persistent) if we don’t respond as quickly as we would like to. We’re growing and evolving our capacities!
Occupy Oakland calls for a coordinated port shut down in solidarity with Longshoremen Against EGT and Port Workers and Occupy L.A. Against Goldman Sachs
Together we are unstoppable!
12.12.2011
Coordinating Meetings at 5pm, Mon Wed Fri and Sun at Oscar Grant Plaza
Y.O.G.A. = You Occupy, Get Access!
4:30, Brown Couch Cafe at 14th and Webster.
Meets Monday Wednesday, Friday and Sundays at 6.
Meeting for all who wants to join the team. We are non-hierarchical, consensus-based, autonomous group. We have a wide range of experience, but we come together as volunteer lay health workers to provide first aid, to street medic for actions, and to support the wellness of Occupy Oakland.
Join us for the Anti Repression Committee’s weekly meeting
we will be discussing things like legal updates, bail needs and strategies to support those that have been arrested or brutalized at Occupy Oakland.